After seven games on the road, Chester-Joplin-Inverness is heading back home. They will take on the North Star Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Chester-Joplin-Inverness will be strutting in after a victory while the Knights will be coming in after a defeat.
Chester-Joplin-Inverness put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They really took it to Box Elder for the full four quarters, racking up a 58-31 win on the road. Given Chester-Joplin-Inverness' advantage in MaxPreps' Montana basketball rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Bears are ranked 91st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, North Star's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Saturday after their fifth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a rough 65-37 loss at the hands of Big Sandy.
Chester-Joplin-Inverness pushed their record up to 14-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for North Star, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-7 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Chester-Joplin-Inverness against the Knights in their previous meeting last Monday as the team secured a 61-34 victory. Will Chester-Joplin-Inverness repeat their success, or do the Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
